Flint stuntman to attempt arrow-catching world record

Stuntman Ken Jordan, of Flint, tries to catch an arrow fired by Chris Stokley, 24, of Davison, that gets a little too close at Extreme Martial Arts Fight and Fitness Club on Corunna Road in Flint as he practices catching the arrows fired by Stokley.
Their long-term ambition is a two-man effort: Jordan wants to catch an arrow blind-folded and get himself on the TV show, Guinness World Records Gone Wild. Ryan Garza | rgarza1@mlive.com

Jordan said the current world record was set catching ten arrows inside two minutes with one shooter.

In a recent phone interview, he said he and his shooter have already broken it twice, and now they’re ready to take in public, recording the feat on video and sending it to Guinness.

It took Jordan some time to not only train for the record, but also to decide which one to break. He originally like the idea of catching flaming arrows, but ran into the problem of keeping them lit while they flew through the air.

He then planned on being the first person to catch an arrow blindfolded but -- aside from problems of accuracy and consistency of arrow speed -- he found out someone had already done it.

Jordan said his original shooter moved away, so he had to train another one, and he’s ready to break the record.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the record for catching the most arrows in two minutes was set in 2010 by Joe Alexander, who caught 42 arrows in the time frame.

Jordan said Alexander's record was set with two shooters and that he plans to tackle the duel-shooter record after he breaks the single-shooter record of 10 arrows in two minutes.

Jordan will be making his attempt Wednesday, Dec. 19. Once he has the video, he said he has to send it to the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records, who will then have to come out and verify he can do it -- meaning he’ll have to do it all over again.

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